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Persistent pain following inguinal hernia repairs is a significant problem. Marsden reported a series of 939 inguinal hernia repairs in which 2.8% of patients still suffered significant wound pain at 1 year and 1.4% were substantially disabled at 3 years. Entrapment of the ilioinguinal or the iliohypogastric nerves may be caused by suture placement, tendinous bands, fibrous adhesions, or neuroma formation.
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Vanderlinden, R.G., Midha, R., Vanderlinden, L. (2001). Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Neuropathy. In: Bendavid, R., Abrahamson, J., Arregui, M.E., Flament, J.B., Phillips, E.H. (eds) Abdominal Wall Hernias. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8574-3_115
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